Christensen Mirage Marathon
I began construction of my modified Mirage Marathon in October of 1996. I decided to make mine a traildragger rather than this model’s fixed...
Jim Bower's RV-6A
N143DJ first flew on August 10, 2011 after nearly 11 1/2 years of slow building. She has an AeroSport Power O-320, a Catto prop,...
Brazilian GALILEU Classic
Dear friends,
I am a Brazilian subscriber and that is my GALILEU.
She is a heavily modified Corben Baby Ace built from scratch over seven years...
Joe Senatori's Safari Helicopter
I started this project in 1998 after a visit to Oshkosh. I built this Safari from plans doing the entire frame welding myself and...
Bob Talir’s Flightstar II SC
My kit arrived on 2/9/09. After taking inventory, I began building and completed the plane in 480 hours over a 14 month period. First...
Tony Kirk's RV 6-A
I started building my RV-6A, N57TK, on July 4, 2002 and I flew the first flight on September 5, 2005. The empennage and wings...
Phil Bolenbaugh's RANS Coyote II (S-6ES)
N403PB received her airworthiness certificate in April, 2010 after 14 months and 1,500 hours of build time. Powered by the Rotax 912UL engine,...
Tim Delf’s Sky Jeep
After 10 enjoyable years of on and off building, my plans built Zenith CH701 aircraft received its airworthiness certificate on March 10, 2011 and...
Rob Pavan's Jabiru "j258"
I just finished a Jabiru j250 with the 5100 8cyl engine, hence "j258." So far I'm very happy with the airplane. It seems to...
In Case You Missed It
Flaperons, Spoilers and Drooping Ailerons
There are some situations where there isn’t enough room on the wing’s trailing edge...
Nuts and Bolts
Aircraft quality nuts, bolts, washers and other hardware are the right things to use if they hold the things together that keep you in the air.
Build a Custom Plenum That Will Work
For optimum performance, all it takes is a little bit of math and some fiberglass.
Fun With Fly Cutters
Did you ever wonder what kind of tool makes those graceful machine marks on factory-made brackets and manifolds?